diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
index cd4b74ca70..7d2e87b0ea 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DDLInterpreter.java
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ final class DDLInterpreter {
 
     private final void accept0(DropTableImpl query) {
         Table<?> table = query.$table();
+
         MutableSchema schema = getSchema(table.getSchema());
 
         // TODO schema == null
@@ -543,6 +544,8 @@ final class DDLInterpreter {
         }
         else if (!table(existing.type))
             throw objectNotTable(table);
+        else if (query.$temporary() && existing.type != TableType.TEMPORARY)
+            throw objectNotTemporaryTable(table);
 
         drop(schema.tables, existing, query.$cascade());
     }
@@ -756,6 +759,10 @@ final class DDLInterpreter {
         return new DataDefinitionException("Object is not a table: " + table.getQualifiedName());
     }
 
+    private static final DataDefinitionException objectNotTemporaryTable(Table<?> table) {
+        return new DataDefinitionException("Object is not a temporary table: " + table.getQualifiedName());
+    }
+
     private static final DataDefinitionException objectNotView(Table<?> table) {
         return new DataDefinitionException("Object is not a view: " + table.getQualifiedName());
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DropTableImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DropTableImpl.java
index e42a59accc..b36e14da52 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DropTableImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DropTableImpl.java
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ final class DropTableImpl extends AbstractRowCountQuery implements
         this.temporary = temporary;
     }
 
-    final Table<?> $table()    { return table; }
-    final boolean  $ifExists() { return ifExists; }
-    final Cascade  $cascade()  { return cascade; }
+    final Table<?> $table()     { return table; }
+    final boolean  $temporary() { return temporary; }
+    final boolean  $ifExists()  { return ifExists; }
+    final Cascade  $cascade()   { return cascade; }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX: DSL API